The books which I am at present employed in reading to myself are, in English, Plutarch's Lives, and Milner's Ecclesiastical. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1] Reference
The marriage-portion or Dos (which Plutarch translates by the Greek word. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Lives, Volume II] Reference
Plutarch is one of Montaigne’s favorite authors and he is not going to let Bodin get away with his rashness. From Wordnik.com. [In Which Montaigne Gives Jean Bodin a Metaphorical Slap in the Face « So Many Books] Reference
He evaluated the character and conduct of many Greek and Roman rulers in his major work, popularly known as Plutarchs Lives. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch] Reference
"Alexander had his 'Plutarch' always under his pillow.". From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 28, 1917] Reference
'Plutarch's Lives' there was in which I read abundantly, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Guide to Reading — the Pocket University Volume XXIII] Reference
'Plutarch's Lives,' which I possessed, contained the histories of the first founders of the ancient republics. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 15] Reference
His life may read in Plutarch to be seen. From Wordnik.com. [Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning, Full of Delight] Reference
This is the effect that "Plutarch" had on the mind of a good. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions of a Book-Lover] Reference
'Plutarch's Lives,' and of all the causes that have been lost. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Roll] Reference
'Middle Ages'; "" send me 'Walks about Kome'; "" send me 'Plutarch's. From Wordnik.com. [Nobody] Reference
And I found Langhorne's "Plutarch" too, I remember, on those shelves. From Wordnik.com. [Tono Bungay] Reference
Alfieri was first drawn with passion to literature by reading 'Plutarch's Lives.'. From Wordnik.com. [Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance] Reference
"'Plutarch's Lives'?" said Mrs. Eberstein, while her husband again laughed out aloud. From Wordnik.com. [The End of a Coil] Reference
I gave him the name of "Plutarch," and he is known throughout the country by that name. From Wordnik.com. [My Recollections of African M. E. Ministers, or Forty Years' Experience in the African Methodist Episcopal Church] Reference
"Of 'Plutarch's Lives'?" said Dolly, accepting a position upon Mr. Eberstein's knee now. From Wordnik.com. [The End of a Coil] Reference
The agent skipped over these, as well as my favorite classics in English, such as Plutarch's. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News]
American statesmen in general; but the statesmen in "Plutarch" were of a very different type. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions of a Book-Lover] Reference
The translation of 'Plutarch's Lives from the Greek by several hands,' was published at London in 1683-86. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Lives, Volume I] Reference
“Well, I can only give you the answer which Arago borrowed from Plutarch, which is nineteen centuries old. From Wordnik.com. [From the Earth to the Moon] Reference
Platonists” (such as Plutarch) and “Neo-Platonists”. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
"I gave him the name of" Plutarch, "and he is known throughout the country by that name. From Wordnik.com. [Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History] Reference
"The volume of 'Plutarch's Lives' which I possessed contained the histories of the first founders of the ancient republics. From Wordnik.com. [Frankenstein] Reference
"Chrysippus" (42): C. refers to a passage of Plutarch De. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations] Reference
Sextus of Chaeronea, a Stoic philosopher, nephew of Plutarch. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations] Reference
Plutarch quotes them again "On Contentedness of Mind," § xi. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
Plutarch, who was born at Chæronea in Boeotia, probably about A.D. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
Plutarch, who is very fond of tracing the origin of words, says that. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference
Plutarch says of Homer that he died of chagrin, being unable to solve a riddle. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Nursery Rhymes] Reference
As Plutarch once said, "Silence at the proper time is wisdom, and better than any speech.". From Wordnik.com. [Margaret Hyde: Breaking the Cell Phone Habit] Reference
Montaigne, who was a great lover of Plutarch, and who observes in one passage of his Essays that. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
Lectures on Plutarch by the late Archbishop Trench, published by Messrs. Macmillan and Co. in 1874. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
Thus Plutarch makes adultery mere curiosity, and curiosity a sort of adultery in regard to secrets. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
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